CHEM110

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Chemistry and Society

Course Prerequisite

Approved reading placement score or equivalent, and completion of MATH 098 or MATH 099 with a grade of C or better, or high school Algebra 2, or high school Transitional Math.

Course Description

This course is intended to establish an understanding of the role of chemistry in modern society by developing the principles of chemistry in the context of their social, environmental, and cultural impact. Typical discussions will include: energy sources and transformations, drugs and health care, agricultural and food chemicals, air and water pollution, toxic wastes and their disposal. At a technical level, it surveys basic principles of chemistry: experimental measurements, matter, chemical symbols, atomic and molecular structure, the chemical bond, temperature, heat and energy conversions, the gas laws, solution chemistry, and basic chemical calculations. Credit will not be granted to those students who have already earned credit in a previous college level chemistry course of comparable or higher level. Recommended as a general education course for liberal arts majors.

Credit Hours

Course Credit Type

Transfer Course (TC)

CIP Code Classification

40.0501

Lecture Hours per week (full semester)

Lab hours per week (full semester)

Course Typically Offered

Fall Spring

Department

MATH, SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING

Former Subject/Prefix or Number of Course

CHEM 118

Is the course Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) approved?

General Education Core Curriculum (GECC)

Meets an Associate Degree General Education Requirement For

Arts (AA), Science (AS), Applied Science (AAS), General Studies (AGS)

General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) Distribution Area

Physical Science (Lab)

Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) approved code

P1 903L

Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) approved code (2)

Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) Distribution Area(s)

Physical Science (P)